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The Ramayana Book 6
Chapter 88
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tasmin pratihate 'stre tu rāvaṇo rākṣasādhipaḥ
krodhaṃ ca dviguṇaṃ cakre krodhāc cāstram anantaram
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mayena vihitaṃ raudram anyad astraṃ mahādyutiḥ
utsraṣṭuṃ rāvaṇo ghoraṃ rāghavāya pracakrame
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tataḥ śūlāni niścerur gadāś ca musalāni ca
kārmukād dīpyamānāni vajrasārāṇi sarvaśaḥ
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kūṭamudgarapāśāś ca dīptāś cāśanayas tathā
niṣpetur vividhās tīkṣṇā vātā iva yugakṣaye
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tad astraṃ rāghavaḥ śrīmān uttamāstravidāṃ varaḥ
jaghāna paramāstreṇa gandharveṇa mahādyutiḥ
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tasmin pratihate 'stre tu rāghaveṇa mahātmanā
rāvaṇaḥ krodhatāmrākṣaḥ sauram astram udīrayat
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tataś cakrāṇi niṣpetur bhāsvarāṇi mahānti ca
kārmukād bhīmavegasya daśagrīvasya dhīmataḥ
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tair āsīd gaganaṃ dīptaṃ saṃpatadbhir itas tataḥ
patadbhiś ca diśo dīptaiś candrasūryagrahair iva
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tāni ciccheda bāṇaughaiś cakrāṇi tu sa rāghavaḥ
āyudhāni vicitrāṇi rāvaṇasya camūmukhe
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tad astraṃ tu hataṃ dṛṣṭvā rāvaṇo rākṣasādhipaḥ
vivyādha daśabhir bāṇai rāmaṃ sarveṣu marmasu
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sa viddho daśabhir bāṇair mahākārmukaniḥsṛtaiḥ
rāvaṇena mahātejā na prākampata rāghavaḥ
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tato vivyādha gātreṣu sarveṣu samitiṃjayaḥ
rāghavas tu susaṃkruddho rāvaṇaṃ bahubhiḥ śaraiḥ
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etasminn antare kruddho rāghavasyānujo balī
lakṣmaṇaḥ sāyakān sapta jagrāha paravīrahā
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taiḥ sāyakair mahāvegai rāvaṇasya mahādyutiḥ
dhvajaṃ manuṣyaśīrṣaṃ tu tasya ciccheda naikadhā
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sāratheś cāpi bāṇena śiro jvalitakuṇḍalam
jahāra lakṣmaṇaḥ śrīmān nairṛtasya mahābalaḥ
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tasya bāṇaiś ca ciccheda dhanur gajakaropamam
lakṣmaṇo rākṣasendrasya pañcabhir niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ
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nīlameghanibhāṃś cāsya sadaśvān parvatopamān
jaghānāplutya gadayā rāvaṇasya vibhīṣaṇaḥ
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hatāśvād vegavān vegād avaplutya mahārathāt
krodham āhārayat tīvraṃ bhrātaraṃ prati rāvaṇaḥ
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tataḥ śaktiṃ mahāśaktir dīptāṃ dīptāśanīm iva
vibhīṣaṇāya cikṣepa rākṣasendraḥ pratāpavān
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aprāptām eva tāṃ bāṇais tribhiś ciccheda lakṣmaṇaḥ
athodatiṣṭhat saṃnādo vānarāṇāṃ tadā raṇe
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sa papāta tridhā chinnā śaktiḥ kāñcanamālinī
savisphuliṅgā jvalitā maholkeva divaś cyutā
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tataḥ saṃbhāvitatarāṃ kālenāpi durāsadām
jagrāha vipulāṃ śaktiṃ dīpyamānāṃ svatejasā
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sā veginā balavatā rāvaṇena durātmanā
jajvāla sumahāghorā śakrāśanisamaprabhā
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etasminn antare vīro lakṣmaṇas taṃ vibhīṣaṇam
prāṇasaṃśayam āpannaṃ tūrṇam evābhyapadyata
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taṃ vimokṣayituṃ vīraś cāpam āyamya lakṣmaṇaḥ
rāvaṇaṃ śaktihastaṃ taṃ śaravarṣair avākirat
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kīryamāṇaḥ śaraugheṇa visṛṣṭtena mahātmanā
na prahartuṃ manaś cakre vimukhīkṛtavikramaḥ
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mokṣitaṃ bhrātaraṃ dṛṣṭvā lakṣmaṇena sa rāvaṇaḥ
lakṣmaṇābhimukhas tiṣṭhann idaṃ vacanam abravīt
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mokṣitas te balaślāghin yasmād evaṃ vibhīṣaṇaḥ
vimucya rākṣasaṃ śaktis tvayīyaṃ vinipātyate
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eṣā te hṛdayaṃ bhittvā śaktir lohitalakṣaṇā
madbāhuparighotsṛṣṭā prāṇān ādāya yāsyati
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ity evam uktvā tāṃ śaktim aṣṭaghaṇṭāṃ mahāsvanām
mayena māyāvihitām amoghāṃ śatrughātinīm
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lakṣmaṇāya samuddiśya jvalantīm iva tejasā
rāvaṇaḥ paramakruddhaś cikṣepa ca nanāda ca
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sā kṣiptā bhīmavegena śakrāśanisamasvanā
śaktir abhyapatad vegāl lakṣmaṇaṃ raṇamūrdhani
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tām anuvyāharac chaktim āpatantīṃ sa rāghavaḥ
svastyas tu lakṣmaṇāyeti moghā bhava hatodyamā
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nyapatat sā mahāvegā lakṣmaṇasya mahorasi
jihvevoragarājasya dīpyamānā mahādyutiḥ
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tato rāvaṇavegena sudūram avagāḍhayā
śaktyā nirbhinnahṛdayaḥ papāta bhuvi lakṣmaṇaḥ
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tadavasthaṃ samīpastho lakṣmaṇaṃ prekṣya rāghavaḥ
bhrātṛsnehān mahātejā viṣaṇṇahṛdayo 'bhavat
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sa muhūrtam anudhyāya bāṣpavyākulalocanaḥ
babhūva saṃrabdhataro yugānta iva pāvakaḥ
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na viṣādasya kālo 'yam iti saṃcintya rāghavaḥ
cakre sutumulaṃ yuddhaṃ rāvaṇasya vadhe dhṛtaḥ
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sa dadarśa tato rāmaḥ śaktyā bhinnaṃ mahāhave
lakṣmaṇaṃ rudhirādigdhaṃ sapannagam ivācalam
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tām api prahitāṃ śaktiṃ rāvaṇena balīyasā
yatnatas te hariśreṣṭhā na śekur avamarditum
arditāś caiva bāṇaughaiḥ kṣiprahastena rakṣasā
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saumitriṃ sā vinirbhidya praviṣṭā dharaṇītalam
tāṃ karābhyāṃ parāmṛśya rāmaḥ śaktiṃ bhayāvahām
babhañja samare kruddho balavad vicakarṣa ca
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tasya niṣkarṣataḥ śaktiṃ rāvaṇena balīyasā
śarāḥ sarveṣu gātreṣu pātitā marmabhedinaḥ
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acintayitvā tān bāṇān samāśliṣyā ca lakṣmaṇam
abravīc ca hanūmantaṃ sugrīvaṃ caiva rāghavaḥ
lakṣmaṇaṃ parivāryeha tiṣṭhadhvaṃ vānarottamāḥ
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parākramasya kālo 'yaṃ saṃprāpto me cirepsitaḥ
pāpātmāyaṃ daśagrīvo vadhyatāṃ pāpaniścayaḥ
kāṅkṣitaḥ stokakasyeva gharmānte meghadarśanam
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asmin muhūrte nacirāt satyaṃ pratiśṛṇomi vaḥ
arāvaṇam arāmaṃ vā jagad drakṣyatha vānarāḥ
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rājyanāśaṃ vane vāsaṃ daṇḍake paridhāvanam
vaidehyāś ca parāmarśaṃ rakṣobhiś ca samāgamam
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prāptaṃ duḥkhaṃ mahad ghoraṃ kleśaṃ ca nirayopamam
adya sarvam ahaṃ tyakṣye hatvā taṃ rāvaṇaṃ raṇe
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yadarthaṃ vānaraṃ sainyaṃ samānītam idaṃ mayā
sugrīvaś ca kṛto rājye nihatvā vālinaṃ raṇe
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yadarthaṃ sāgaraḥ krāntaḥ setur baddhaś ca sāgare
so 'yam adya raṇe pāpaś cakṣurviṣayam āgataḥ
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cakṣurviṣayam āgamya nāyaṃ jīvitum arhati
dṛṣṭiṃ dṛṣṭiviṣasyeva sarpasya mama rāvaṇaḥ
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svasthāḥ paśyata durdharṣā yuddhaṃ vānarapuṃgavāḥ
āsīnāḥ parvatāgreṣu mamedaṃ rāvaṇasya ca
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adya rāmasya rāmatvaṃ paśyantu mama saṃyuge
trayo lokāḥ sagandharvāḥ sadevāḥ sarṣicāraṇāḥ
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adya karma kariṣyāmi yal lokāḥ sacarācarāḥ
sadevāḥ kathayiṣyanti yāvad bhūmir dhariṣyati
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evam uktvā śitair bāṇais taptakāñcanabhūṣaṇaiḥ
ājaghāna daśagrīvaṃ raṇe rāmaḥ samāhitaḥ
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atha pradīptair nārācair musalaiś cāpi rāvaṇaḥ
abhyavarṣat tadā rāmaṃ dhārābhir iva toyadaḥ
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rāmarāvaṇamuktānām anyonyam abhinighnatām
śarāṇāṃ ca śarāṇāṃ ca babhūva tumulaḥ svanaḥ
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te bhinnāś ca vikīrṇāś ca rāmarāvaṇayoḥ śarāḥ
antarikṣāt pradīptāgrā nipetur dharaṇītale
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tayor jyātalanirghoṣo rāmarāvaṇayor mahān
trāsanaḥ sarvabūtānāṃ sa babhūvādbhutopamaḥ
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sa kīryamāṇaḥ śarajālavṛṣṭibhir; mahātmanā dīptadhanuṣmatārditaḥ
bhayāt pradudrāva sametya rāvaṇo; yathānilenābhihato balāhakaḥ
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